Halloween story
A young boy and his friends are out trick-or-treating on Halloween night. They are nearing the end of their fun and they decide to visit the house of an old man who lives at the end of a nearby street. Everybody is afraid of the man, but no one passes by his house on Halloween night because he gives out the biggest candy bars. The group of boys approach his old, dark house on a hill and they all build up the courage to go up to the door and ring the bell, all except one boy who is just too afraid. The group of boys rings the bell and old man open the door. As he drops a candy bar in each bag, the boys turn and run down the long sidewalk back to the street. When they all gather back around they look in their bags to see what they received. Each got their favorite candy bar, and convince the one boy who remained that he should go up to the house to get his candy, but none of them will go up with him. The boy finally goes up to the house. When he reaches the front porch he rings the doorbell. At that very moment flames shoot out of the face of the pumpkin! The boy gets scared and, as he begins to turn to run, the front door opens. . Old man says in a very deliberate tone, "And for you, a special gift!" as he drops a heavy object into the boy's bag. He disappears into the house as quickly as he appeared. The boy runs as fast as he can back to the street, screaming the whole way. Upon hearing this his friends scatter, leaving him behind. When he gets far enough away from the house that he feels safe, he ducks behind a tree to see what he received. He pulls out a large, dusty, but ornate bottle. He begins to rub it to wipe away some of the dust. At this point a genie comes out of the bottle. When the genie appears he tells the boy that since he released the genie, he must solve a riddle:
A young boy and his friends are out trick-or-treating on Halloween night. They are nearing the end of their fun and they decide to visit the house of an old man who lives at the end of a nearby street. Everybody is afraid of the man, but no one passes by his house on Halloween night because he gives out the biggest candy bars. The group of boys approach his old, dark house on a hill and they all build up the courage to go up to the door and ring the bell, all except one boy who is just too afraid. The group of boys rings the bell and old man open the door. As he drops a candy bar in each bag, the boys turn and run down the long sidewalk back to the street. When they all gather back around they look in their bags to see what they received. Each got their favorite candy bar, and convince the one boy who remained that he should go up to the house to get his candy, but none of them will go up with him. The boy finally goes up to the house. When he reaches the front porch he rings the doorbell. At that very moment flames shoot out of the face of the pumpkin! The boy gets scared and, as he begins to turn to run, the front door opens. . Old man says in a very deliberate tone, "And for you, a special gift!" as he drops a heavy object into the boy's bag. He disappears into the house as quickly as he appeared. The boy runs as fast as he can back to the street, screaming the whole way. Upon hearing this his friends scatter, leaving him behind. When he gets far enough away from the house that he feels safe, he ducks behind a tree to see what he received. He pulls out a large, dusty, but ornate bottle. He begins to rub it to wipe away some of the dust. At this point a genie comes out of the bottle. When the genie appears he tells the boy that since he released the genie, he must solve a riddle:
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
It was very difficult for boy to cope with the fear which has captured him. But he has found forces to cope with a panic and has given the right answer: Darkness. Then genie has presented the whole bag of the tastiest sweets and has disappeared.
